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Retailers With Shops in the WTC
Spend Day Checking on Workers

By

Amy Merrick and

Teri Agins Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 13, 2001 12:07 a.m. ET

Retailers with shops in the World Trade Center spent Wednesday checking on employees and dealing with lost stores, while industry observers wondered how big an impact the crisis will have on the consumer spending that so far has been the savior of a weak economy.

Because the stores were located at the base of the towers, employees appear to have been able to escape. Gap Inc. had both a Gap and a Banana Republic store in the World Trade Center, but all employees left safely, the retailer said. It also has a Gap Kids across the...